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... carpels 2 , chambers 2 , style simple , stigma slightly 2 - lobed . Ovules numerous . Fruit a capsule separating into 2 parts that usually remain connected by the style . Seeds many , small , elongated , sometimes winged ; embryo ...
... carpels 2 , chambers 2 , style simple , stigma slightly 2 - lobed . Ovules numerous . Fruit a capsule separating into 2 parts that usually remain connected by the style . Seeds many , small , elongated , sometimes winged ; embryo ...
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... carpels and bearing a short , thick , persistent style with 2 large stigmas . Ovules in 1 or 2 series in each chamber . Fruit a capsule . Seeds compressed and winged or more or less globose . Endosperm copious or absent . Two genera ...
... carpels and bearing a short , thick , persistent style with 2 large stigmas . Ovules in 1 or 2 series in each chamber . Fruit a capsule . Seeds compressed and winged or more or less globose . Endosperm copious or absent . Two genera ...
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... carpels ; ovary superior , incompletely 2 - locular ; placentae axile , the ovules 4 to 6. Fruit a capsule ; seeds with endosperm . One genus and species ( Retzia ) distributed in southern Africa . Family Scrophulariaceae ( figwort ...
... carpels ; ovary superior , incompletely 2 - locular ; placentae axile , the ovules 4 to 6. Fruit a capsule ; seeds with endosperm . One genus and species ( Retzia ) distributed in southern Africa . Family Scrophulariaceae ( figwort ...
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